This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since May 2022.
Note: This feature is available in Web Workers.
The abort() method of the WritableStream interface aborts the stream, signaling that the producer can no longer successfully write to the stream and it is to be immediately moved to an error state, with any queued writes discarded.
abort(reason)
reasonA string providing a human-readable reason for the abort.
A Promise, which fulfills with the value given in the reason parameter.
TypeErrorThe stream you are trying to abort is not a WritableStream, or it is locked.
const writableStream = new WritableStream(
{
write(chunk) {
// …
},
close() {
// …
},
abort(err) {
// …
},
},
queuingStrategy,
);
// …
// abort the stream later on, when required
writableStream.abort();
| Specification |
|---|
| Streams> # ref-for-ws-abort③> |
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Opera | Safari | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | WebView Android | WebView on iOS | |
abort |
59 | 16 | 100 | 47 | 14.1 | 59 | 100 | 44 | 14.5 | 7.0 | 59 | 14.5 |
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WritableStream/abort